Japan Society will present a two-program event of classic silent samurai films enlivened by live benshi narration and shamisen performance with The Benshi Tradition and the Silver Screen: A Japanese ...

Japan Society will present a world premiere double bill of contemporary puppet theater with Shinnai Meets Puppetry, created & performed by Sachiyo Takahashi/Nekaa Lab with Rowan Magee and Emma Wiseman ...

For the first time in 30 years, a treasure of Japan has been touring the United States. It's not jewels or a painting. It's a sophisticated kind of puppet theater where the puppets are almost the size ...

Georgetown University hosted Seiwa Bunraku, a traditional Japanese puppet theater troupe, for a performance and lecture centered on the art of bunraku in Lohrfink Auditorium on March 21. Georgetown ...

For the first time in about 30 years, a Japanese theater that uses human-sized puppets is performing across the country. For the first time in 30 years, a treasure of Japan has been touring the United ...